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Stephen was raised in [[Archenhold]] by a presumably single mother in a building "full of seamstresses and tailors." To avoid professional redundancy, his mother knit and sold socks for a living, and she taught Stephen, saying "people always need socks." He joined the army rather than seeking an apprenticeship with a weaver, as "the weavers could take their pick of apprentices, and mostly they picked ones that looked easier to feed."<ref>Paladin's Grace, ch. 19</ref> His large size and desire to provide for his mother led him to some success in the military. In his early twenties, he joined a special unit to clear out violent cultists, that led to him being chosen by the Saint of Steel before his mother passed away from consumption. He and Grace bond over the experience of having lived in poverty.